Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-01

SDAY. NOVEMBER /,
Tl4E COMING SESSION.
Member OF Congress Already Putting
In an Appearance NJ the Capitol.
BUSTING AND REFuRBrsHrNo AT THE cAPnoL--
WHERE MEMBERS now IN TIE CITY ARE LOCATED
TIE ORGANIZATION OF THE HoUsR-A CONTEST Kx-
fHcfxp OVER THE DooRKERPEK's PLACE.
In about month Congress will be here. Already
the Capitol has begun to show signs OF the coming
session. the meeting is looked forward to with
considerable interest and no little anxiety by those
upon whom will devolve the duty OF dealing with
the important questions that are pending. The
dust tnat mas been accumulating during the sum.
mer months Ii being swept away Carpets are be.
Ing put down ana the paints and furniture are be-
iny touched up. The new elevators In the House
and senate wings are nearly completed. The new
carpet Is down on the door OF the hall OF the House
and the desks 1t which the legislators will SIT are
In place. Dae the cloth pads ON the tops of the
desks are not yet on. The new carpet for the
HOUSE Is Drlg1t moss green plush, with q small
RED ngure scattered through IL. II gives cheer
fu air TO the hall The desks are shining with var
nlsh.
ON THE CARPET.
A new carpet for the Hail OF Representatives Is
oougnt at the beginning OF each Congress- At the
end OF TWO years there Is not much LEFT OF it. The
footsteps Of the heavy statesmen. and the running
o1cH ana lortn Of the little pages soon have their
enect II tne carpet IL very good there may b.
mit.ee rooms, where there VIII not ue much wear,
and there Is no necessity for anything TO snow.
One very hne green Carpet tnat served It's term OF
Two years several Congresses ago Is still in tu
Various pats OF the building. But II Was u very
expensive carpet. One OF Ordinary make Can
barely noid Itself togeLuer through one term, and
never appiieS IOr re-eecliOn. 1ue one put down
AZ Inc ginning o. the forty-Ninth Congress was
Ia very DAD condition after being tramped upon
W poutica aoVersarles for the first year. and was
ended.
A new carpet has been put down in the nle.room
" ano house ana several OF the committee roo..ls
nave veen 50 treateI But there Is much dus.
anu dlfC au0uI tne place " De cleaned OUT yeL,
against the coming OF Congress.
MEMBERS ALREADY APPRARlNG
During the past few days Senators and Repre-.
sentatives have been appearing at the Capitol 10
considerable numbers, and the hunt for quarters
haS LARRY DeYun. Any day now a Member Of Con.
EreSs may De seen Walking or driving slowly auUul
tae residential portions OF the ciIy, alternately
looking Ut the numbers on houses and at nCtie
clippings from tue "For Rent" columns OF lHa
STAR pasted on slip OF paper. Some are looking
ior houses and sOne for rOUlns only. There
however, u De a pretty g neral disposition among
new representatives anu senators 70 go to house
ke, ping, navlng read pIUbaOly some exaggera eu
accuun. VI tile famous ~ asuinglOn boarding.
aod Ssr odds WITH SIX Two ioooyis.s
SEARCH Is for houses. Inc supply OF houses wall
not meet the demAnd, and most VI lnem win have
" 90 TO the hotels, or Into Jugs On the Isl
o. November Lne winter spvrl Or hunJinK qua
ters Uegius and Is followed with great us.a,n
uAIl Dees,noer. Even aIter tne season Is over
iu..ny active spOrtsiuen, not Sallsred With thau
Yame, stiii u NJ UPON tue Trail.
wHkKE THEY ARE LOCATED
Senator Ednunds II blessed In the possession OF
beautifW nome, at 2lll MASSACHUSETTS, avenue,
and has been there for several days, but Was Kept
In BY slght tndispOation FOR thee or tour days
A.ter MS ar.lvai. ne goL up 20 Cue CdplLvl for u
wnlie on MondLy. senators Plat a.,d hawIey
nave given their address the Post Or1ce as "Lne
Arlington" senator CAL nds Ocen fvr sOIne lime
az 1913 N street. senator Cui.oln is ~ w,iiaru's
SenLors Aauuerson anu buLIe. are IN the vi.y, uut
no. yet lOcdLeu SenAtUr ndu tlvn II at Lue deLIO-
pouLal. senator kcnna Is u. lao b street no., IL
eAsG. SenAtvr Uuipn Is sltu U. No. LAIayeLue
square senator aArris Is at Ii lsI street nor. u
cas-. senator j. 4. Jones Is Al 9l5 n sLrect Sen.,-
tor -dofriA Il At ais noue, NJ. inouias CIR. ie.
SeLxtors kustls IL AZ l7ol N street, Sauln Al tue
nisgs, and Vest aL LIZA r street.
1ac Representative, who are in the city and
nave furaisned tusr addresses u tue aouse posL-
bynula. ttsi 1Stn; 4: nj. bio~ne. -; w. u.
Crslne,.I Is5 b = e.; james bucaaaAn, Congrrs-
soAai aiotei; b. n. CuVcneon, l4uv Mass ave. !;
Conn. ave-; j. 1. heuru, Sl4 New Jersey ave-; s.
!. uOAklns, l5OS II stree.; n. II. hAI, l507 h; Z.
Y. WATSON, lU1u nnOde Island ave; .. ". feel, =;
W. nj. Iau.uee :S29 ne; berlau " llAIu,, LOS F
W. II. Waue, Luz z; W. WOOuDurn, Sl6 l5.n; W.
). holin.n, tle hI.uiIton; d. A. he. Ucrt, -; e.
n brecklnr,dse, 2ls North Capito.; !. l. McDon-
a.a, DeI gaze IOOie Is Al oi3 13tn, and De.e-
ar. bfecAinridge Win remain In the city straight
sL.ousn 70 the meelng or Congress. except iOr u
uoIuulenJ TO his iatner. Messrs, ti.uyer ana
Irin nave ueen Ia he clLy through nearly the en-
tue SUMMER, and Mr.. TaulUee mas Ueen located Ior
sOlIe Lline.
Tne c,er1s to the House and Senate committees
on appropriations have already EuL In All aupear-
ance at the Capitol MI. Courts, OF Line House
committee, fetu. ned from his home IN Tennessee
severai uAy ago aud Mas Decn wurK In nls COM
uuLCeo rVOun. Mr. Cleaveo, OF the Senate commit
tee, nves IN washington.
THE oRaANizAiIoN OF tn. HOUSE
Tnere Is some taik about the organization Of the
House. but tnere b no Speakersuip contest 10 look
forward 10, and the Only contest rs to The oIner
officers 80 lar spoken OF with any setousness is lor
Lne place VI uOOrAeeper. Besides ar. DonriS0n
tne present uoorkecper tnete are Two active ca
dates-A Barnett, 0f New YOrA, anu j. b. hurl, OF
M.sslssippi. Nj. Hurl Is said " VI Mr. Donelsuu, !,
niost IoruAdab.e rlval anu uls lriends cl.in that
~ will certainly 0e elected. They say he mas been
maAing que. but active CANVASS, and has mad
entire delegation Om nls own 81 ile, tuey say,
worAing earnestly for nim, and has warm sup.
pOflers-tn sou,e Cases amounting 70 the wno,e
ueieg gAL.on-in Iex = Louisiana, III. rtda, Mary
land, south CArclna, Geo gia. New York, Penn
sylvana, Missouri. and Micnigan. Mr. Doneison
made q very good dOorAeeper, and mas many
iflends ana lhe Contest PROMISES W be hot one.
All tne 0tuer Onc.rs, 1. Is Thought, viii be re-
elecIed' practicaiiy without confess.
TIE HOUSE CONNTTTREs
The making up OF the committees Is going to be
hard task for the Speaker on account Of the
large number Of new members. Nearly all the
members OF some OF the committees failed OF rc.
election. The committee on the District OF Co
umbia lost Its chairman, Mr. BarOUur, and four
members besides The appropriations committee
lost three members. The conlmiltee on eleclloas
lost nine OF It's fourteen members. The Ways and
means committee lost 1ts chairman and three
other members. and so on through the list so